Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

9 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book really surprised me with how great it is, because I have not heard anyone talking about it. It is Bridgerton with a little bit of magic. Niamh is a seamstress who is able to magically embed feelings into her embroidery, making her designs not only gorgeous but breathtaking. She has been hired to create the wedding looks for the youngest prince and his soon to be wife. Years ago her people were taken over and they suffer to this day of poverty and racism, so not everyone is happy that she was brought to the palace for this esteemed job. The first time she meets the prince to discuss his wedding attire he is rude and does not seem interested at all. But maybe that is just because he has grown used to feeling empty and she makes him feel more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Terminal illness

ziracrow's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Xenophobia

olivanna_creations's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness

dani_reis's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

becca_w_'s review

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Classism, Violence, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Sexism, Terminal illness, Addiction, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Confinement, Abandonment, Outing, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

ellejo3's review

This is a colonizer/colonized romance where the colonized FMC is working herself to death to support her struggling family. I couldn’t get past it and would’ve DNF’d it if it hadn’t been an arc.

The fact that she’s working herself to death never changes either. For all we know, she could die the day after the book ends. It seems like Saft is trying to treat this like a terminal illness, but the fact that it’s only happening so she can support her family who’s struggling due to the effects of colonization left a sour taste in my mouth.

There’s also a lot of homophobia, which is unnecessary and tiring in a fantasy world. 

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me an arc in exchange for my thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Terminal illness

Moderate: Colonisation

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Classism, Homophobia, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Outing, Genocide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, and War

chronicacademia's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Ableism, Colonisation, Infidelity, Death of parent, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Terminal illness